My first question: Do you have a junk drawer in your home?
In our case, we have two. Reason? The size of the drawers. If the object isn't found in the first drawer, then it requires a search of the second. This became acceptable and just the way it is.
Second question: Do you attempt to organize your junk drawer? Does it make sense to organize a junk drawer? There does come a time, tho, when so much stuff is crammed into these drawers, that perhaps a rearrangement or purge becomes necessary. Sometimes we try to pull the drawer out, and something toward the back of the drawer gets jammed. One must attempt to reach back and dislodge the item, or try to quickly jerk the drawer to get it open. If neither of those attempts is successful, one must rely on the use of a wooden spoon handle or other long prod to move the bad boy.
Our junk drawers have plastic silverware dividers in an effort to categorize our miscellany. That's a useless solution, because things are never returned to the exact spot they were taken from. If two people or more live in the same space, there's not a chance in a million that this drawer can be kept neat and tidy. That's as impossible as asking an elephant to walk through a key hole.
Like everything, even the junk drawer has a history dating back to 1912. A New York dentist referenced his 'junk drawer' in the context of keeping all of his gadgets handy to where he was working. Who knew!
It would be an interesting challenge to take inventory of one's junk drawer, wouldn't it? So many little things are needed for us humans to address the mini dilemmas that pop up at unforeseen intervals. To remedy these problems, we immediately reach for the junk drawer. 
Where is this going? I think the junk drawer should be renamed to something more appropriate. After all, the stuff we need and use and require isn't junk. Names matter. Maybe if they weren't called junk drawers, we'd be more diligent in returning stuff to their rightful spot. The term 'junk' tells the brain to throw it in the drawer and go.
So, what should we rename this sacred space? One thought might be the Random Drawer. That kinda says it all. A drawer of indispensable random objects necessary to daily human functioning on planet Earth.
Do my followers have suggested names for this important kitchen drawer????
TC here: Clutter, a simple two syllable word but Junk is shorter.
ReplyDeleteMaybe "stuff" would work. The stuff drawer, where we stuff all the stuff we don't know where else to put.
DeleteLove the “random”…ours serves as an intermediary for things brought up from the basement and then we’re too lazy to take back down (usually tools that barely fit)…until it gets to the point of “barely able to open”…I think we may just need a tool drawer on the main floor…except there is not enough drawers!!! I shudder to think how our “habits” are going to survive and apartment 😂…M
ReplyDeleteM......the transition from single-family dwelling to an apartment-type dwelling is completely manageable, but there's a tremendous amount of work parting with a lifetime of possessions. Just last night a lady was telling how she has a collection of rosemaled plates. Her kids don't want them, so she's going to donate them to a museum. She said, what's a person to do with all this stuff? Patience, honey. You'll get there.
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